SaintParadiseAug 29, 2023
Dr Nathalie Brusgaard
I'm now on Mastodon so time for an #Introduction post. Hi! I'm an archaeologist and I research our relationship with animals through time. I examine animal remains ๐Ÿฆด, do biochemical analyses ๐Ÿ”ฌ, and study iconography ๐ŸŽจ I work(ed) on ๐Ÿ„๐Ÿ–๐Ÿช๐ŸฆŒ๐Ÿฆฆ and plan to study many more!
#archaeology #animals #scicomm
Aug 29, 2023 at 9:33amWeb
Show threadDr Nathalie BrusgaardAug 29, 2023
And I'm also working on beavers at the moment but sadly there's no beaver emoji on mastodon ๐Ÿ˜ข
Show threadDr Scott Chaussรฉe Aug 29, 2023
@brusgaard Not an emoji, but this timing is spectacular!
Show threadDr Nathalie BrusgaardAug 29, 2023
@s_chaussee This is amazing, I love this ๐Ÿ˜‚ โค๏ธ
Show threadLoukas (They/Them) ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธAug 29, 2023
@brusgaard the archaeology of beaver lodges or the prehistoric iconography of the beaver or both or?
Show threadDr Nathalie BrusgaardAug 30, 2023
@Loukas I work on the archaeology of human-beaver interactions. No iconography of beavers but I have looked at use of beaver remains as pendants, tools, etc :)
Show threadLoukas (They/Them) ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธAug 30, 2023
@brusgaard is that the main kind of interaction? In hunting and use of animal parts for making things?
Show threadDr Nathalie BrusgaardSep 1, 2023
@Loukas What we can see archaeologically, yes. But I think they also interacted in other ways, like hunter-gatherers settling in beaver landscapes and benefitting from everything beavers do for the ecosystem
Show threadRichard RatheAug 29, 2023

@brusgaard

I agree that the lack of a #Beaver #Emoji is a gross oversight and injustice! โœŠ

Show threadGabriele PollaraAug 29, 2023
@brusgaard there was definitely something about creating your own emoji on Mastodon. I remember the medical community enjoying this a lot in the brief time they all tried Mastodon at the end of 2022....
Show threadDaniel AJ SokolovAug 29, 2023

@brusgaard No beaver emoji? An inexcusable oversight! ;-)

The other evening I went paddling for an hour on a local lake/dammed river. Met two beavers.

Show threadOtรกvio CarneiroAug 29, 2023
@brusgaard @humrochagf , if you need an expert!
Show threadalpha1betaAug 29, 2023
@brusgaard you can ask your instance admin to add a beaver emoji, they need just an image.
Show threadKit Rhett AultmanAug 29, 2023
@brusgaard Ask your instance administrator to add one. It's possible to add custom emojis. 
Show threadแดš uษแ—กAug 29, 2023
@brusgaard ๐Ÿฆซ
Show threadRob BosAug 29, 2023

@brusgaard That's criminal! There *is* a unicode character though you can google & copypaste!

๐Ÿฆซ๐Ÿฆซ๐Ÿฆซ๐Ÿฆซ๐Ÿฆซ๐Ÿฆซ๐Ÿฆซ

edit: Apologies, looks like some other people got there first! One challenge with Mastodon/federated socmed is seeing all the replies to a post, which is something I think they're planning to eventually address. It helps to click on "view original post", if you ever run into that problem. </hopefullyhelpful>

Show threadDr. SobekAug 29, 2023

@brusgaard Oh no ! Beavers are an awesome animal, the smallest of the three animals that can fall trees (after humans and elephants).

Welcome anyways !!!!

Show threadPeter VL โ›”Aug 29, 2023
@brusgaard ๐Ÿฆซ๐Ÿ˜
Show threadOut of Control   ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆAug 29, 2023
@brusgaard ๐Ÿฆซ
Show threadMike (no not that one)Aug 30, 2023
@brusgaard Custom emojis are configured by admins on an instance by instance basis. You might be able to talk your admin into adding one for you...๐Ÿฆซ
Show threadSocial Justice Warrior๐ŸฆAug 30, 2023
@brusgaard Ask your admin/minister to add it!
Show threadPatrickAug 30, 2023

@brusgaard I am very much looking forward to more beaver facts / pictures in my internet.

Theyโ€™re amazing animals. When I was a kid, it blew my mind that they cut down trees and made me love them right away.

Show threadBasilAug 31, 2023
@brusgaard damn.
Show threadutzer [Friendica]Aug 31, 2023

@brusgaard but Unicode sign... So maybe available in your keyboard on your phone and for Firefox there is addons that contain all the Unicode UTF8 special characters.

๐Ÿฆซ

Show threadZOPSep 1, 2023
@brusgaard ๐Ÿฆซ Unicode U+1F9AB :)
Show threadZOPSep 1, 2023
@brusgaard https://emojipedia.org/beaver
๐Ÿฆซ Beaver Emoji

A brown beaver with buckteeth and a wide paddle-like tail. Can be used in the context of actual beavers, or metaphorically to evoke qualities of beavers like wo...

Emojipedia
Show threadMillicentAug 29, 2023
@brusgaard good morning! Looking forward to your posts, good to have you here. Having disappointed myself by lacking the math skills to go into stem Iโ€™m doing my part to encourage the next gen - Iโ€™ve off-loaded a microscope and our kidsโ€™ collection of sharksโ€™ teeth onto a 5 year old. (The trilobites are next).
Show threadDr Nathalie BrusgaardAug 29, 2023
@Millicent that's great! My maths skills were never great either. It's wonderful when you can encourage the next generation
Show threadGrandpa DonAug 29, 2023
@brusgaard
Welcome, welcome, welcome!
A topic that has fascinated me for a long time! Both animals and plants. All the species and breeds of domesticated animals and engineered fruits and vegetables, accomplished largely in prehistory by people with zero knowledge of genetics but obvious understanding of selective breeding, persistence, and patience is a huge story in the development of "civilization" that we take for granted. A far bigger story than the pyramids or Stonehenge.
Show thread๐ŸธPooka๐Ÿฅ•Boo๐ŸธAug 29, 2023

@dbc3 @brusgaard

I'll second that...

Show threadtyilAug 29, 2023
@brusgaard I'd like to interject for a moment.

What you're referring to as #Mastodon is in fact the #Fediverse. You see, Mastodon is just one of my possible software projects that interact with the wider Fediverse through a protocol called #ActivityPub. There are many other projects you can use, Mastodon isn't the only one, nor was it the first.
Show thread0mega โ˜ฃ [hz]Aug 29, 2023
Welcome to the Fediverse, @Dr Nathalie Brusgaard!
Show threadRichard RatheAug 29, 2023

@brusgaard

Say more about the rock art if you can. ๐Ÿ‘

Show threado ifrit ๐ŸŒฑAug 29, 2023

@richardrathe

@brusgaard Yes, please!!

Show threadDr Nathalie BrusgaardAug 31, 2023
@richardrathe it's a carving of a dromedary camel, about 2000 years old, from Jordan. Camel carvings are very common in ancient Arabia ๐Ÿ˜Š
Show threadMy camera shoots fascistsDec 5, 2023
@brusgaard @richardrathe
This gets me to thinkingโ€ฆ I have seen a lot of rock art, especially in the US Southwest where beavers were once very common. I have never seen any depictions of beavers nor heard of any in rock art. Have you? It seems like a huge oversight on their part ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿฆซ
Show threadDr Nathalie BrusgaardDec 5, 2023
@Mikal @richardrathe no me neither! Other types of iconography like figurines but indeed no rock art
Show threadMy camera shoots fascistsDec 6, 2023
@brusgaard @richardrathe
PNW Native tribes have beavers all over their art. It seems really odd that they aren't more common elsewhere. Most people nowadays don't think of beavers as desert animals, but they were hugely influential in shaping the riparian places people lived in the U.S. Southwest for thousands of years.
(Love the camel petroglyph, btw!)
Show threadRichard RatheDec 7, 2023

@Mikal @brusgaard

I have access to a few more academic โ€œsurveyโ€ type book on N American rock art. When next see that friend Iโ€™ll have a look and re-post here. Thx.

Show threadRichard RatheDec 14, 2023

@Mikal @brusgaard

Just just went thru the indexes of two SW #RockArt books and... no #beavers. ๐Ÿ™

Show threadMy camera shoots fascistsDec 14, 2023

@richardrathe @brusgaard

Oh well. If you look up PNW Native art + beaver, their historical art as well as contemporary art is full of beavers. They're on old, pre-white totem poles, for example. I wonder about beavers on pre-colonial pottery?

Show threadDr Nathalie BrusgaardDec 11, 2023
@Mikal @richardrathe Fascinating! Thank you, that's really interesting. I worked on a petroglyph survey in AZ a few years ago but we didn't find any beaver petroglyphs sadly.
Show threadWeaksauceAug 29, 2023
@brusgaard well that sounds really cool: followed
Show threadJay ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ (Free ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ)Aug 29, 2023
@brusgaard Welkom! Leuk dat je hier bent
Show threadLynnAug 29, 2023
@brusgaard ๐Ÿฆซ
Show threadMostlyTatoAug 29, 2023
@brusgaard
Welcome ๐Ÿ˜Ž
Show threadJohn G FitzgeraldAug 29, 2023
@brusgaard Welcome to the fediverse.
Show threadWhichOne'sPink ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎAug 29, 2023
@brusgaard How fascinating.
Welcome aboard.
Show threadRob ๐ŸŒฑAug 29, 2023
@brusgaard Welcome.
Show threadSharonbw stands with MinnesotaAug 29, 2023
@brusgaard
Welcome! Where was this photo taken?
Show threadDr Nathalie BrusgaardAug 29, 2023
@Sharonbw in Jordan, in the Black Desert ๐Ÿ˜Š
Show threadSharonbw stands with MinnesotaAug 29, 2023
@brusgaard
Thank you!
Show threadChu ๆœฑAug 29, 2023

@brusgaard

Very cool.

Hi!

I'm an engineer now in science communication. Love how much science is on Mastodon

Show threadDr Nathalie BrusgaardAug 29, 2023
@chu cool! Yeh me too ๐Ÿ˜Š
Show threadColin the MathmoAug 29, 2023

@chu Welcome!

CC: @brusgaard

Show threadAlex HaistAug 29, 2023
@brusgaard Ooh, that sounds downright fascinating. Welcome!
Show threadKerri LevineAug 29, 2023
@brusgaard
Show threadMar :๐ŸŒปAug 29, 2023
@brusgaard #Welcome to #Mastodon. I hope you enjoy it.